Taha Shah on best compliment for Heeramandi, comparison with SRK-Salman, first meeting with Bhansali

Being hailed as the ‘National Crush’ of the moment, success has come 15 years late for Taha Shah Badussha. In an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Bubble host Ankita Bhalla, Heeramandi’s leading man reflects on how his role of ‘Tajdaar’ has led his fans to compare him with Shah Rukh Khan & Salman Khan and how life changed 360° in the last fortnight. Taha recounts his audition story with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, why he cried in front of the director and why bagging the show meant the most to the actor’s mother. Taha sheds light on his late success, why despite working with YRF and Dharma he didn’t get his due and what kept him sane in the period of rejections and struggle.

Grinell Jacinto

With nearly 10 years of experience, Grinell Esther Jacinto is the Desk Head of Bollywood Bubble. Her interests lie in everything that is kaleshi and she loves to dig deeper into the lives of B-town actors. She has a problem though – she loves horror films but will have chills the minute the theatres lights dims. She’s previously worked with Koimoi, UrbanAsian and SpotboyE.